

      Central Asia data set, 1989-1999:

These files contain WEIS-coded event data for an assortment of Central
Asian states, including Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbijan, Kazakstan,
Kyrgistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan for the period May
1989 to July 1999. The ".all" files contain 38,703 events generated by
coding complete stories; the ".lead" file contain 8,719 events generated
only from lead sentences. The "3CODE" files use 3-character actor codes,
which do not distinguish between actors within a state; The "6CODE"
files use 6-character actor codes that distinguish internal actors,
notably rebel groups. Events are coded from stories downloaded from the
Reuters Business Briefing service. The KEDS dictionaries used to code
the stories are included, as is an Excel spreadsheet containing a
summary of the monthly net cooperation scores aggregated using the
Goldstein scale. The data sets are compressed using the .zip (DOS/Windows) formats.

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LAST UPDATED: 1 SEPTEMBER 1999

